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What Your Credit Score Has to Do With Your Business Financing Options
November 22, 2023Not everybody understands what a credit score is, nor how important it is to know yours. But the credit score is not as mythical as it appears, and knowing what your personal and business credit scores are empowers you to negotiate better repayment terms and make more informed decisions about your business financing options. Want…
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How Cash Flow Lending Builds More Resilient Businesses
October 26, 2023In the long wake of COVID and a fresh load shedding crisis in South Africa, it’s hardly a surprise that business resilience is on the brain. Recent world events continue to expose the fragility of supply chains, customer bases, and critical infrastructure. The answer to this instability? Building resilient businesses. And, you may be surprised…
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Calling All Financing Advisors: Your Bridgement Partnership Awaits
September 14, 2023Did you know that Bridgement has a partnership referral program? Our exclusive partnerships are designed to empower your clients with more financing options while making you more indispensable to them, all while you can earn generous referral fees on the finances released to your clients. You may be eligible for a partnership with Bridgement if: …
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Business Advice | Blog | Financing
Why Debt Financing Companies is Better Than Giving Up Equity
September 06, 2023We’re going to come right out and say it – in most cases, debt financing companies is better than giving up equity in order to fund them. Why? Debt is cheaper, and it doesn’t erode the control you have over your company (and, therefore, your life). Equity financing is not the ideal fit for an…
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Business Advice | Blog | Business Loans
Small Business Financing Options for Time-Strapped SMEs
August 22, 2023What do a 2008 pop collaboration between Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland and South African SMEs have in common? Well, only one of these parties is looking for small business financing options. But all of them are pressed for time. Some might say that they have only four minutes to save the world. If that…
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How To Secure Working Capital Without Business Collateral
July 20, 2023Business funding is a bit of a Catch-22. SMEs need funding to purchase assets and grow the business, but most funding institutions require business collateral (i.e. assets) to secure a loan. In short: in order to procure assets, you need to pledge assets. When your business is more established, this is less of a problem….
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Business Advice | Blog | Business Loans
The ultimate guide to getting a small business loan
June 05, 2023Here’s the deal: running a business is difficult. We know we’re preaching to the choir when we say that small business owners have their work cut out for them. Cash flow challenges and operational costs can leave you turning your pockets out in search of enough spare change to fund expansion. That’s why we’ve written…
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Blog | Business Advice
Quick small business loans: how to avoid scams
April 17, 2023One of the biggest and most consistent challenges faced by South African SMEs is securing quick small business loans. Because cash flow represents the lifeblood of SMEs at this stage of growth, speed is of the essence – specifically, a mode of speed that is not possible at the institutional pace of most traditional lenders….
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